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Can you get me Oprah tickets?No, I canâ??t get you Oprah Tickets. Nobody I know from Chicago can get you Oprah Tickets. Mayor Daley canâ??t get you Oprah Tickets. I only know one person from Chicago who has been to see Oprah, and she was actually a participant on the show. It was about menopause.
Are all of Oprahâ??s shows about menopause?No, that is a common misconception. She also does one show a year about whatever book she just read, and another where She cons sponsors into giving away all kinds of expensive gifts to the audience, while She soaks up all the credit.
Are the White Sox in town during the conference?No, the Sox are on the road. If you want to experience the same atmosphere that you would experience at a Sox game, however, you can still do it during the conference. Just buy tickets to the Jerry Springer show.
Why are there never any fans at White Sox games, even when they are winning?I hate to stick up for White Sox fans, but it truly isnâ??t there fault that nobody goes to the games. Most White Sox games are at night. And most G.E.D. classes are also at night. You can see the conflict.
Are the Cubs in town?Yes, you can see the Cubs while you are in town. They have a three-game set against the Marlins, including night games on Monday and Tuesday, so you wonâ??t even have to miss any sessions. The Cubs are going to win the World Series this year, so it would be neat if you could say you saw them play in Wrigley the year they broke the drought.
Iâ??ve heard Chicago is very cold. Will it be cold in April?Probably. Maybe not. How the hell am I supposed to know? One year, the Cubs home opener got snowed out. Another year, it was 70 degrees. As they tell you in all the better conference brochures, dress in layers. There are so many to choose from. But if it were me, and I had oil-company or pharmaceutical-company money to spend, Iâ??d do this: First, go to Happy Hour at Andyâ...
I like to dress up. Will I be able to dress up at the conference?Sure, you can dress up and go to the symphony, or dress up and go to the ballet, or dress up and go to the lyric opera. Or, you could dress up and come to the first-ever Ragan Recognition Awards Gala. Thatâ??s right, weâ??re having a Gala. Itâ??s certainly a stretch from the early days of the Corporate Communicator Conference, when our founder Larry Ragan used to smuggle i...
Why are you having a Gala?Itâ??s to honor the winners and almost-winners of the second annual Ragan Recognition Awards Program. Itâ??s Tuesday night, after the pre-conference sessions are over. Iâ??m told itâ??s going to be very niceâ?"with great food, great wine, and a program where you can see and learn from the award winners. Iâ??m co-emceeing the event, along with Mark Ragan and Jim Ylisela. We...
Did you say you were going to wear a tuxedo? Isnâ??t that a little like putting perfume on a pig?It most certainly is. Iâ??m being forced into it by something called the Gala Committee. The Gala Committee has been churning out memos at a record pace, and I stopped reading them three months ago. So I missed the memo about me having to wear a tuxedo, and now Iâ??m roped into it.
I kind of got hooked on gambling when the conference was in Las Vegas. Can I gamble in Chicago?Yes you can. The current odds at Ragan right now are running 2:1 that I cut the ass out of my tuxedo before I put it on.
Can you give me a few good selling tips?But I must point out that Toronto is by far not one of the best city in Canada for the after hours sessions. Montréal and Calgary (in that order) would be much more interesting on that aspect... I wish I was coming to the conference it sounds like fun. And I would like to see Steve in the tuxedo. Don't forget the others that wonder off into that wonderful neighborhood tha...
It's a deal. How far in advance do you need to ask for half a day off from Cindy?a lifelong baseball fan with no inbred opinions about Chicago teams, I think I can offer an unbiased viewpoint here. I feel like my bona fides as a baseball fan will be something less than complete if I never see a game at Wrigley. I dare say nobody outside the White Sox fan base feels that way about "The Cell." Yeah, you could go to the Mines or Wise Fools or even The Gre... |
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A Chicago FAQ for you (Corporate Hallucinations)